“When’s he going to lay his cards on the table? This debt-limit increase is his problem, and I think it’s time for him to lead by putting his plan on the table, something that the Congress can pass.”

Mitch McConnell has even gone on record as saying that his #1 legislative goal is not to make America stronger, improve Americans' quality of life, send astronauts to Mars, reduce taxes or the size of government, or anything else that a legislator might be expected to want to do - nope, his #1 goal is to make sure that Obama is a one-term president. I can understand that as the #1 of the Republican National Committee, but that seems like an inappropriate goal for the leader of the Senate Republicans.

I sincerely hope that saner heads prevail - I hope that the Republicans back away from their absurdly dangerous hi-jinks and that the US is not plunged into default (and a Second Great Recession, if not a Second Great Depression) by Republicans trying to score political points with the Tea Party. Even Business Insider, hardly a left-wing mouthpiece, ran this piece the other day:

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I am one of the largely nameless, faceless bureaucrats who work tirelessly (and largely thanklessly) to help ensure that poor people don't go hungry - and a billion other tasks government bureaucrats do that no one notices until something stops working. Living and working in DC is making me angry - and I vent my anger as thoughtfully as I can. Well, OK, maybe I'm not terribly angry ... but I thought it was a good name for a blog. If you're also a bureaucrat, or angry, or thoughtful, I'm happy to entertain guest posts.